First off, welcome to China! Glad to see you have finally made it here after wanting to come for so long...hopefully that won't wear thin (after 3.5 years things are starting to "tarnish", haha). Good luck with the Chinese, and don't make the mistake I did and start off learning the local dialect (I was a bit of a dumb-ass when I came as I had zero plans to come here, unlike you).

Second off, well shoot! How long has this bike been out? I'm riding a Jialing JH150-GY that I love and have had for a year or two...but it's just a bit anemic on power, especially with the GF on the back. I had planned on just dropping in a 250cc as it's apparently only about 2k RMB so says my "bike guy", who unlike other mechanics out there (like yours, haha sorry about that...it really sucks not to have someone to do all the shit you don't feel like getting your hands dirty doing) really seems to know his shit...and he's actually a professional stunt rider, so he understands how important things on a bike are.

But your bike really looks nice, also looks more "rugged" to me (shock covers and all that), and given the off-roading I do I want something a bit tougher. Not only that, but even though 10k kilometers on a JH150 is nothing (the guy above was correct, they really are tanks) I figure things are probably starting to loosen up and it might not hurt to start off fresh.

If you don't mind my asking though, you look REALLY big on that bike...are you? I ask because I'm 189cm and about 105kg, and you sitting on that bike makes it look smaller than mine (and that's definitely not what I want if I'm going to upgrade). But if you are a domesticated bigfoot like me, then it's all good, haha.

You mentioned that you had the bike guy register the bike, why did you do that? Do you not have the proper visa (lots of English teachers don't, so no offense intended)? And how did you go about getting the insurance? I actually don't have any yet (just got my license a couple months ago even), but I live in Tier-88 where no one cares, especially when you are a foreigner....heck, the policeman was wondering why I was even trying to get a license (and he was a pretty high level guy as we had to go through several layers of guanxi to get it done). Hell, I STILL haven't registered it or put plates on it (that's on the list...though, the plates will stay off so the cameras can't get me, haha).

After riding it for a while (and clearly doing some trips from the looks of things), what are your impressions? Does it handle the curves as well as the bumpy stuff (well, as good as a dual sport can)? Is there adequate room for a GF on the back? Finally, did you add anything to the bike? Or is all that stock?

TL;DR: Nice bike man, what are your thoughts after owning it for a while?